good guys Lyrics
I wanna call you up
Tell you how I feel
But I might scare you away if
I get too real
So I won't text back
For a couple hours
What I really wanna do is
Bring you flowers
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm not gonna hold your hand
Ask if you wanna dance
Not gonna take you home, even though
[Chorus]
I just wanna give you everythin'
Show you I'm a Southern gentleman
All I wanna do is let you in
But good guys, good guys never win
I just wanna be the one you call
Anything you need, anything at all
All I wanna do is let you in
But good guys, good guys never win
[Verse 2]
When you stay out late
And I don't hear back
I always wonder where you've been but
I don't ask
You're the one I want
I don't wanna share
But when you talk about someone else
I act like I don't care
I'm not gonna hold your hand
Ask if you wanna dance
Not gonna take you home, even though
[Chorus]
I just wanna give you everythin'
Show you I'm a Southern gentleman
All I wanna do is let you in
But good guys, good guys never win
I just wanna be the one you call
Anything you need, anything at all
All I wanna do is let you in
But good guys, good guys never win
[Bridge]
So I'm gonna play it cool
'Til I know you want me too
So I'm gonna play it cool
'Til I know you want me too
[Chorus]
I just wanna give you everythin'
Show you I'm a Southern gentleman
All I wanna do is let you in
But good guys, good guys never win
I just wanna be the one you call
Anything you need, anything at all
All I wanna do is let you in
But good guys, good guys never win
So I'm gonna play it cool
'Til I know you want me too
[Outro]
So I'm gonna play it cool
'Til I know you want me too
So I'm gonna play it cool
'Til I know you want me too
About
“good guys” is about self-doubt and the potential of a guy giving so much effort to someone for their romantic interest to not be reciprocated.
As the first single of LANY’s third studio album, mama’s boy, it brings a more electronic and acoustic edge to the band’s sound.
The track was first teased on May 10, 2020, three days prior to the song’s release date.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
On the day of the release, Paul Klein took to Instagram to warn his fans:
pls don’t spend ur whole life trying to do the right things for the wrong ones.
This follows a theme that was explored on “Good Girls” as well, a single off their 2017 debut album. In the song, Klein sings:
Good girls don’t exist
But I expected more than this
I don’t know if anyone has picked up on it or talked about it, but “Good Guys” is the first time you have ever heard an acoustic guitar on a LANY song. That might be the loudest acoustic guitar I have heard on a song ever.
- 1.you!
- 6.paper
- 7.good guys
- 8.sharing you
- 9.bad news
- 11.anything 4 u
- 12.sad
- 14.nobody else
